October 5, 2015 at 5:45 p.m.

Jay Co. reaches 20 wins

Jay County volleyball

Prior to 2014, the Patriots had not won 20 matches in more than a decade.
Now, the Jay County High School volleyball team has reached the mark in back-to-back seasons.
Jay County went 3-0 on Saturday to win its Patriot Invitational for the second consecutive season.
The Patriots, who improved to 21-3, defeated the Union City Indians (25-13, 25-9) and Frankton Eagles (25-22, 25-8) in the first two rounds. Jay County dropped the first set against the Carroll (Flora) Cougars 26-24, but rallied to win the final two 24-19, 25-14.
Junior Abby Barcus led the Patriot offense with 38 kills, including a 19-kill effort against the Cougars. She also reached double digits with 10 against Frankton.
Seniors Kylie Osborne (15), Abby Wendel (13) and Ava Kunkler (10) also reached double-digit kill totals. Osborne and Wendel paced the defense with 16 digs apiece. Lizzy Schoenlein totaled 65 assists.  

Junior varsity
Jay County needed only two sets to win all three matches, improving to 16-4 on the season.
The Patriots defeated Union City (25-11, 25-20), Frankton (25-19, 25-12) and the Kokomo Wildkats (25-11, 25-21).
Olivia Kunkler tallied 19 kills as the only Patriot player to reach double figures. Hanna Dillon and Sarah Walter followed with eight and nine kills respectively.

Hanna Ault had team highs in aces and digs, totaling a dozen in each category.  Kailee Denney had 38 assists in the tournament.

Middle school
The West Jay Middle School eighth graders went 3-0 to win the East Jay Invitational Saturday at JCHS.
The East Jay Chiefs were 1-2 for the tournament.
West Jay defeated Bluffton (25-13, 25-8) and South Adams (25-23, 11-25, 15-9) before knocking off East Jay (25-24, 23-25, 15-4).
The Chiefs lost to South Adams (25-16, 22-25, 15-9) and beat Bluffton (25-22, 25-14).
Kymia Hankins led West Jay with 41 service points, including a 21-point effort against East Jay. Hallie Fields had a team-high 18 kills.
Elyse Bost led East Jay with 21 points. Sara Hemmelgarn had a team-high 14 kills.
East Jay’s seventh grade squad finished second in its invitational. The Chiefs dropped their first match against South Adams 25-19, 25-18, then outlasted Bluffton (18-25, 25-18, 15-10) before topping West Jay 25-6, 25-10.
Natalie Miles led the Chiefs with 18 kills.
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